Dust-pan.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA P. VADE,^OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.

DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 720,761, dated February 17, 1903.

Application filed June 4; 1902i Serial No. 110,230. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, EMMA P. WADE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Dubuque,

in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa,A

have invented a new and useful Dust-Pan, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dust-paus, and has for its object the production of a device whereby the dust may be swept up from the door and deposited inthe pan in a positionY to be free from the influence of drafts of air, so that a room may be more thoroughlyswept and freed from accumulated dust.

The invention consists in a pan having a receptacle beneath the rear side, with an entrance from the pan into the receptacle, the aperture forming the connection between the the pan and the receptacle being smaller than the receptacle, so that its edges overhang the receptacle on all sides and prevent -the dust being blown from the receptacle after it has been deposited therein, the overhanging edges also affording a means for scraping the dust from the brush or broom, the rear edge being especially designed for this purpose.

Other novel features of thedevice will be disclosed in the annexed description and be specified in the claim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure lis a perspective view of the device complete. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation thereof.

The pan portion of the device will be of the usual construction, with the iiat body portion 10 and the vertical sides 11 12 and the vertical rear portion 13, the sides inclining inwardly toward the rear, as shown. The usual handle 14 `:vill be attached to the rear side 13, as shown.`

Beneath the rear part of the pan `is constructed a receptacle 15, open at one end and the open end furnished with a movable coverV 16, preferably hinged to the receptacle, as shown. The receptacle may be of any size and will extend entirely across the bottom of the body portion. An aperture is formed through the bottom of the pan near its rear end, leading into the receptacle, the aperture, which is represented at 17, being smaller than the receptacle 15, so that its edges overhang the receptacle on all sides. This receptacle being disposed at the rear of the pan on the the rear side 13.

bottomthereof serves as a support for the pan and to tilt the front edge thereof downward in position to closely engage the floor when in use. It will be noted that the aperture is placed a short distance inward from the rear side and that its ends do not extend toA the sides 11 and 12, leaving portions 1S and 19 between the sides and the aperture and a portion 20 between the aperture and This is an important feature of the invention, as by this arrangement two important results are accomplished:

First, when the dust is swept upon the pan it falls into the receptacle, and the overhanging portions 1S, 19, and 2O eifectually prevent the dust from being blown from the receptacle by preventing the entrance of drafts ofair into the receptacle or aecting the dust therein. With this device a room may be swept with the window and doors all open vwithout danger of the contents of the dustvpan being blown therefrom, as the overhanging edges of the aperture thoroughlyprotect the contents of the receptacle, as above noted. The second advantage of the overhanging edges of the inlet to the receptacle is that they provide an efficient means for scraping the dust from the brush or broom to free it from the adhering particles and depositing them in the receptacle. The rear projecting edge of the flange 2O is especially effective for this purpose in that it is disposed adjacent to the rear upwardly-extending member 18 of the pan, which member acts as a stop to limit the movement of the broom and as a supportingguide therefor when the rear edge of the opening isused as a scraper and prevents the dust from being swept or iiirted out of the receptacle when the device is so used. The brush or broom may be thus effectually cleaned as often as required and the detached particles deposited inthe receptacle, together with the other matter swept up. This is animportant feature of the invention and adds materially to its efficiency.

The receptacle may be made of less length than the width of the pan, if preferred, but will preferably be made the full width of the pan, as shown.

The pan and receptacle may be made of any desired size or shape to adapt it for use in small or large rooms.

ing an opening in the bottom thereof, the rear edge of said opening being spaced away from said upwardly-extending rear member,

and areceptacle disposed beneath said -panunder said opening and being of a size larger than the opening, the portions of the panbottom adjacent to said opening forming overhanging broom-Scrapers above said receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my' signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EMMA P. WADE. Witnesses:

R. E. WILKINSON, Mrs. A. C. JOHNSON. 

